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Letters Patent No.` l14,555, dated February 18,- 1868.

IMPROVEMENT TN SAFETY-ATTACHMENTS FOR'UMBRELLAS.

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'TO/ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: l w j v Be -it known that we, JOHN A. LIER .and E. W. CRANE, of 103 Union street, Newark, in tho county of Essex, and in the State of New Jersey, have invented a new and improved Safety-Attachment to Umbrellas; andwe do hereby declarethat the' following is a ifull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable -those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theV accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which drawingi Figure 1 represents a side elevation of this invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

,Figure 3 is a transverse section of the'same.

Figure 4 isa similar view of a modification of the same.

Similar letters indicatecorresponding parts. l

This invention consists in combining, with the runner of an umbrella, a combination-lock or other equivalent mechanism, in such a manner lthat the runner cannot be moved on the stick, and, consequently, the umbrella cannot beopeued until the safety-mechanism-receives a certain set, to bedctermined by letters, iigures, or other marks, and, by these means,porsons not acquainted with the required set ofthe safety-mechanism, are prevented from using the umbrella. v

A represents the stick of an umbrella, on which is fitted the runner B, in the ordinary manner. This runner is4 prevented from turning on the stick by a ridge, a, which projects fro'mrthe stick and fits in a slot, and from the bottom end of said rib projects a stop, 1;,which prevents the runner 'being moved on the stick beyond a certain position. Our improvement, however, is applicable to runners of any desired construction, and we dov not wish to confine ourselves, in its use, to a runner of the precise construction shown in the drawing. On the runner are'iitted two or more rings, c, which are provided with notches d., so that each ring will lock the runner,v

if it is turned thereon, to such a position that its notch will not coincide with the stops e, projecting :from-tho' -ridge a, one such stop-being provided for each ring. The rings c are surrounded byjacketsf, which are marked on their outer surfaces with' letters, figures, or other characters, and which can be turned on the rings so that each character can be brought in line `with the notch the ring, and, consequently, the person acquainted with the set given to Athe jacket can readily determine thel position in which the ring must he brought in order to unlock the runner. p v Y l Instead of making the jackets movable on the rings, the rings may he made movable in thejacketaand in lthis case the arrangementcf parts will be such a's shown in fig.4. This latter construction, however, does not allow of the same scope in setting the mechanism, since Athe rings cannot be made toturn all round in the jackets, themotionr being limited by slots in the jackets, through which the buttons project, which serve to turn the rings.

The upperedges of the jackets'f are scalloped, and they bear` against scalloped ridges g, projecting from theirings c, and a spring, z, presses said scalloped edges of the jackets against the scalloped ridges g, and thereby thejackets -and rings are prevented from changing their set or from turning on the runner spontaneously. Each of therings c is provided with a milled edge, by means of which the same, together with its jacket, can be turned on thc runner, either together withthe other rings and jackets or independent of the same. If all the rings and jacketsare turned simultaneously, the runner is locked without changing the set of the safetymechanism, and, by turning back the rings un'til their notches coincide with the ostops UZ, thc runner is set free,

l and the umbrella can be opened, but by turning the rings independent of each other, the safety-mechanism is locked, and the umbrella cannot be opened until the rings are turned ,back to correspond to their original set, which is to be determined by the letters or characters markedon the jackets. By' turning the jackets independent of the rings, the' set is changed, and `the owner of an umbrella is thereby enabled to secure his property in such a way'that nobody elsecan use the same without permission or authority.

What we claim as new, and desire tosccure by LettersPatent, is l 1. The notched rings 'c and jacketsf, in combination with the stops e and runner B of an umbrella, :substantially as and furthe purpose described. v

2. The scalloped edges and ridges g, in combination with the jacketsf, ring's c, and runners B, constructed and operating substantially as and for `the purpose set forth.

This specification signed by me, this 12th day of August, 1867. l

` vJOHN A.- LIEB,

E. W. CRANE.

Witnesses `AGrus'rsv BERG,

W. HAUFF. 

